The role of partner characteristics in attachment insecurity and depressive symptoms

Personal Relationships

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-423

  Whiffen, Valerie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 23944519478     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2005.00123.x     Document Type: Review

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